Bisbee riot of 1919

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The Bisbee riot of 1919 was a violent racial clash in Bisbee, Arizona, in which white residents attacked Black U.S. soldiers, reflecting the broader racial tensions and unrest of the Red Summer.

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Bisbee riot of 1919 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
racial riot ⓘ
racially motivated violence ⓘ
chronologyFollows World War I ⓘ
conflictType mob violence ⓘ
street clash ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedAs attack by white residents on Black U.S. soldiers ⓘ
violent racial clash ⓘ
hasCause broader national climate of racial unrest in 1919 ⓘ
racial tensions in post–World War I United States ⓘ
resentment toward Black soldiers returning from World War I ⓘ
white supremacist attitudes in early 20th-century America ⓘ
hasContext competition over social status between white civilians and Black veterans ⓘ
demobilization of U.S. troops after World War I ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to national awareness of racial violence in 1919 ⓘ
heightened racial tensions in Bisbee, Arizona ⓘ
injury to Black U.S. soldiers ⓘ
hasEthnicContext anti-Black racism ⓘ
hasParticipant Black U.S. soldiers ⓘ
white residents of Bisbee ⓘ
hasPerpetrator white residents of Bisbee ⓘ
hasRacialContext white–Black racial conflict in the United States ⓘ
hasSubject African American history ⓘ
local history of Bisbee ⓘ
military and society in the United States ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
hasTheme racial inequality in the United States ⓘ
tension over Black assertion of civil rights after World War I ⓘ
violence against African Americans ⓘ
hasVictim Black U.S. soldiers ⓘ
historicalPeriod Jim Crow era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

post–World War I era ⓘ
involves African American soldiers ⓘ
United States Army personnel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Cochise County, Arizona ⓘ
location Bisbee, Arizona ⓘ
partOf Red Summer ⓘ
history of racial violence in Arizona ⓘ
pointInTime 1919 ⓘ
relatedTo African American military service in World War I ⓘ
history of Bisbee, Arizona ⓘ
race riots in the United States ⓘ
racial violence during the Red Summer ⓘ
temporalContext Red Summer of 1919 ⓘ

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Red Summer → hasNotableEvent → Bisbee riot of 1919 ⓘ